Tafi All Stars - Outside Rhythm (2017)

JD Twitch ov Optimo’s Autonomous Africa serve a mellow, buoyant session of dubbed-out grooves recorded by Tafi Allstars and Mr TC between Ghana and Glasgow.

Too often these cross-continental projects can sound like spiced up tech-house, but not this time, as they find a fine, loose balance of vibes hingeing on the international language of dub, turning up heady vibes in the sloshing rhythms and echoic space of Gormedzedze, strutting punk-funk-disco with gorgeous vox on Deka Wor Wor, and a superb mesh of live drums and minimal electronics in Cantata.

Turn to the B-side and the EP really comes into its own with more psychedelic expressions in Outside Rhythm and the Sordid Sound System dub of Cantata, as dusk passes in richly evocative fashion with the star-gazing electronics and Regina Egbeako’s fragile lullaby are carried off into dreamscape on Agbe Me Nya Wo.

Tracklist:
01. Tafi All Stars - Gormedzedze
02. Tafi All Stars - Deka Wor Wor
03. Tafi All Stars - Cantata
04. Tafi All Stars - Outside Rhythm
05. Tafi All Stars - Cantata (Sordid Sound System Dub)
06. Tafi All Stars - Agbe Me Nya Wo